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| Osphya varians | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Melandryidae |
| Genus: | Osphya |
| Species: | O. varians
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| Binomial name | |
| Osphya varians (LeConte, 1866)
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Osphya varians is a species of false darkling beetle in the family Melandryidae.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Osphya varians". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ "Osphya varians Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ "Osphya varians Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
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